Water heater for gas burners



1,612,900 Jan- 4, 1927- c. J. ALDRIDGE WATER HEATER FOR GAS BURNERS Filed Feb. 4. 1926 Ja -1 L g'numfioa J17 l drivlye Patented Jan. 4, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE J. ALDRIDGE,, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

WATER HEATER FOR GAS BUBNERS.

Application 'fi led February This invention relates to water heating appliances'and particularly to a water heating appliance adapted to be placed upon and .coact with the ordinary burner found uponga-s stoves.

The main object of my invention is to provide an appliance or attachment-0f this character embodying a water heating chamber so formed'as torest upon'a gas-burner and having apertures coinciding with the gas jets of the burner so that cooking utensils may be disposed upon the applicance, the heat from the gas jets being used not only for cooking but also for heating water in 'the appliance.

this character whereby water may be quickly heated without interfering wlth cooking and which may be used in connection with any gas stove.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a water heater constructed in accordance with my invention, the water tank being shown in elevation Figure 2 is a horizontal section through the water heater; and

Figure 3 is an undersideplan view Referring to these drawings 10 designates the body of my a pliance which is circular in plan view an may have any desired depth and has the upper and lower plates 11 and 12 and the peripheral wall 13 to provide a water chamber. An inlet nipple or pipe 14 enters the chamber at one point and an outlet nipple or pipe 15 carries water there-' from. The center of the body 10 is prefer;v ably provided with a projecting hub 16 which is adapted to seat within the central opening or hollow ordinarily found on gas burners and radiating from the center are a plurality of elongated openings 17 adapted' to coincide with the gas jets of the burner, these openings, of course, being bounded by radlal walls. At the end of each 0 ening there is disposed a small foot 18 which. spaces the body from the burner to.-,permit the entrance of air necessary for combustion.

When thisdevice is disposed over a gas burner the jets of gas will be discharged upward through the slots or openings 17 and under these circumstances a cooking utensil may be disposed upon this appliance and the food cooked in the usual manner by the gas A further object is to provide a device of 4, 1926. Serial No. 86,009.

.jets, while at the same time the heat from the gas jets will be transmitted to the water in the appliance and thus hot Water secured at no extra cost. Preferably there will be one of these appliances disposed in connection with each gas burner and the inlet nipples or pipes of eachtappliance will be connected to a source of supply for instance, by flexibletubes, and the outlets will all be connected to a single main outlet which may extend to the boiler or other reservoir or the inlets may be connected to the lower end of the boiler and the outlets connected to the upper end of the boiler vsothat while cooking is being done the water may be heated.

I do not wish to be limited to the particular shape of this device as it may be altered to'cause it to conform to the shape of a gas burner. I have illustrated, however, an or- .dlnary form of gas burner and shown my heating appliance as conforming thereto.

- The device is preferably made of thin sheet metal or it may be otherwise formed.

While I have illustrated a pipe 19 extendmg from the nipple 15 to a tank 20, this pipe being disposedon a level'above the heater, this is merely illustrative and intended to show the connection between the tank and the'heat as ordinarily this pipe 19 would be disposed on a level below the upper face of the heater so as not to obstruct the use of cooking utensils.

I claim 1. A water heater comprising a hollow clrcular body containing water havin up-' per and lower walls .and an outer perip ieral wall, the outer wall having an inlet and an outlet, and said upper and lower walls havmg registering openings, the openings having walls entirely surrounding the same and extending between the upper and lower wall to thereby provide spaces through which gas flames may pass from a gas burner upon which the water heater is disposed, the center of the body being formed to provide a member adapted to rest upon and engage with the center of a gas burner, and the lower wall of the body having downwardly ing walls entirely surrounding the same and extending between the upper and lower walls to thereby provide spaces through which gas flames may pass from a gas burner upon which the water heater is disposed, the center of the body being extended downward to form a downwardly tapering hub adapted to seat within the hollow center of a gas burner, and feet on the body adjacent the periphery thereof adapted to rest upon the 10 margin of the gas burner and support the body in spaced relation thereto.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

CLARENCE J. ALDR-IDGE. 

